Collocations with Business

I´d like to ___ your attention to the high number of sales in December due to our CHristmas promotion.

• draw
• give
• take
• put

The company no longer exists, it ___ for bankruptcy last year.

• asked
• entered
• filed
• went

We´re getting ready to _____ a new product that we believe will be very successful.

• break
• lau^{_}nch
• take off
• send

The company had to ___ dozens of staff members due to budget cuts.

• close out
• lay off
• send away
• hire

I´d like to get the opinions of the staff on this situation. Let´s ___ a meeting to discuss it.

• do
• hold
• make
• make

There as a breakdown in negotiations and we wern´t able to ___ the deal

• close
• firm
• nail
• buy

We have a partnership with that company, and we often do ___ ventures.

• cooperate
• joint
• one
• together

Everyone agreed witn the plan except for Samuel, who __ a few strong objections.

• put
• said
• raised
• increased

I´ll be out of the office next week; I´m going to __ a conference on climate change.

• attend
• presence
• watch
• pretend

Our customer service department ____ problems people encounter while using our products. 

• deals with
• gets off
• works away
• shuts